Sainte-Sabine, Quebec (parish)
Sainte-Sabine is a parish municipality in Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 386 as of the Canada 2011 Census.
Sainte-Sabine | |
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_Quebec_location_diagram.png.webp) Location within Les Etchemins RCM. | |
  Sainte-Sabine Location in southern Quebec. | |
| Coordinates: 46°29′N 70°21′W[1] | |
| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
| Province |  Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Les Etchemins |
| Constituted | August 26, 1908 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Denis Boutin |
| • Federal riding | Lévis—Bellechasse |
| • Prov. riding | Bellechasse |
| Area | |
| • Total | 68.00 km2 (26.25 sq mi) |
| • Land | 66.60 km2 (25.71 sq mi) |
| Population (2011)[3] | |
| • Total | 386 |
| • Density | 5.8/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| • Pop 2006-2011 |  5.4% |
| • Dwellings | 235 |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Postal code(s) | |
| Area code(s) | 418 and 581 |
| Highways | No major routes |
| Website | www |
It is named after the Basilica of Saint Sabina at the Aventine, where cardinal Louis-Nazaire Bégin often went during his theology studies in Rome.
References
- Commission de toponymie du Québec
- Ministère des Affaires municipales, des Régions et de l'Occupation du territoire
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